Supramolecular structure formation of Langmuir-Blodgett films of comblike precursor and polyimide
- St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University (Russian Federation)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Analytical Instrumentation (Russian Federation)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds (Russian Federation)
The surface structure of Langmuir-Blodgett films of a comblike polyimide precursor-a rigid-chain polyamic acid alkylamine salt bearing multichains of tertiary amine-and films of the corresponding polyimide were studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM). An analysis of the images of the surface of three-layer films revealed a domain structure. It was found that the Langmuir-Blodgett film formation of the precursor occurs as a result of the layer-by-layer deposition of two-dimensional domains (composed of polyamic acid salt molecules on the water surface) onto a substrate. The formation of domains in a monolayer is associated with the chemical structure of the precursor, to be more precise, with the rigidity of the main chain and the presence of closely spaced aliphatic side chains in the polymer chain, whose total cross-section area is close to the surface area of the projection onto the plane of the repeating unit of the main chain. Polyimide films inherit the domain structure of the precursor films; the inhomogeneity of the film thickness substantially decreases, whereas the domain size and character of their distribution in the film remain unchanged.
- OSTI ID:
- 22156318
- Journal Information:
- Crystallography Reports, Vol. 58, Issue 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7745
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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